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focalize

American  
[foh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈfoʊ kəˌlaɪz /
especially British, focalise

verb (used with or without object)

focalized, focalizing
  1. to bring or come to focus.

  2. to localize.


focalize British  
/ ˈfəʊkəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. a less common word for focus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • defocalization noun
  • focalization noun

Etymology

Origin of focalize

First recorded in 1835–45; focal + -ize

Example Sentences

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To be able to focalize the mind on the object at hand in a conscious manner leads to concentration.

From The Power of Concentration by Dumont, Theron Q.

Two natures meet on the human plane, and focalize in man.

From The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology by Buck, J. D. (Jirah Dewey)

They lack the burning glass of a purpose, to focalize upon one  spot the separate rays of their ability.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

The eye that is normally shaped forms pictures of objects, more than a few feet distant, on its back wall without any muscular effort, and has to focalize only when engaged in near work.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

The bacilli multiply everywhere, but seem for some reason to focalize chiefly in the alimentary canal, and especially the middle part of it, the small intestines.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods